欲望的取舍——谈《西游记》女性形象的塑造

Lust-Accept or Reject-About the Women Portrayed in Journey to the West

在作者吴承恩意识中,欲望是丑恶的,有欲望的女子便理所当然是丑恶的,她们是作为唐僧师徒对立的反面角色而存在的,而这些女性的最终命运,也是与其欲望紧密联系的,有欲望的没有好下场,没有欲望的受人顶礼膜拜,一句话,女性(雌性)的形象塑造,取决于是否有欲望。

The author of Journey to the West, Wu Cheng＇en thinks desire is dirty. He takes it for granted that women who have lust are dirty, too. They are the villains of the piece opposing to Tripitaka and his apprentices, and their ultimate fates are closely connected to their lust： those who have lust come to a sticky end eventually while those who have no win great homage from the world. In a word, how the women （female） are portrayed depends on whether they have lust or not.